Posting some of our favorite skin-on-frame photos while we build the tiny house (check out @actuallytiny). This was the 2nd version of the Adirondack guideboat that I built two years after creating the first two originals. The only real changes was increasing the depth amidships from 11.5 to 14 inches deep, and bringing the...
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Sharing some of our favorite skin-on-frame images: the Adirondack guide boat
We’re sharing some of our favorite images from the last 15 years while we build the tiny house. (Check out @actuallytiny). This was the first of six Adirondack guideboats I’ve built. Gorgeous, lightweight and addictive to row, they are among my favorite boats ever....
Efficiency, lightness, beauty, and simplicity
Efficiency, lightness, beauty, and simplicity are the life themes I aspire to. I hope someday to be able to sculpt my mind and my heart to the same perfection as a canoe, or a single speed bicycle. ___ This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed. See the original post and discussion here....
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Breaking out the old rock climbing and tree climbing gear for some tree maintenance
Breaking out the old rock climbing and tree climbing gear today to deal with some perilous limbs on the the massive horse chestnut tree in the backyard. Some of this stuff is over 20 years old, and most of it has aged better than I have. The stories those ascenders alone could tell…. The...
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Row/sail canoe for sale (SOLD)
Row/sail canoe for sale (UPDATE: SOLD) I build a LOT of prototypes when I’m working out new designs, which means I can’t get sentimental about hanging onto things. This latest little row/sail canoe was an exploration in building something of roughly Adirondack guideboat proportions using my canoe building system and adding a little sail...
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Today my friends Tom and Kyle of The Weight We Carry arrived at the Mount Everest base camp with their canoes
Today my friends Tom and Kyle of The Weight We Carry arrived at the Mount Everest base camp at 17,598 feet. For the last 20 days they’ve been trekking with 50 lb packs and 30 lb canoes on their heads, completing this astonishing journey to raise money to build a new women’s shelter in...
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Tom and Kyle from The Weight We Carry are starting their journey hiking 120 miles to Everest base camp carrying canoes on their heads
My friends Tom and Kyle, from The Weight We Carry are starting their epic journey hiking 120 miles up to the Mount Everest base camp at 18,000 feet carrying all their gear and canoes on their heads, to raise money for the construction of a new women’s shelter in Kathmandu, Nepal. Check out the...
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Sending this canoe and its nesting sister to Nepal
Put this canoe and its nesting sister on the truck today for the first leg of their journey to Nepal. There they’ll meet up with Tom and Kyle of The Weight We Carry, who are portaging them up to Everest base camp to raise awareness for mental health, and to raise funds to build...
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Today is World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day, and we’re proud to be supporting The Weight We Carry in their mission to carry canoes to unusual places to raise awareness and funds for mental health treatment centers. We’re sending two canoes to Nepal to support their quest to carry canoes all the way to Everest Base...
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Cape Falcon Kayak is donating two canoes to The Weight We Carry, to support their efforts to raise awareness and funds for mental health
Happy to announce today that Cape Falcon Kayak is donating two canoes to The Weight We Carry, to support their efforts to raise awareness and funds for mental health by carrying canoes to unexpected places around the world. Symbolizing the burdens that we all carry, a canoe on a mountain path or city street...
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Time to paddle home
When the sun is setting and you have to admit it's finally time to turn around and paddle home......
Motoring back after an evening sail
Motoring back after an evening sail....
It’s not every day you put a kayak on a tiny car
Snapped this photo this morning, because hey, it’s not every day you put an F1 on a tiny car. Little did we know that this would be the start of a three-hour long kayak car chase. Two F1s were scheduled to go out today. They were 99% identical. Packed this one on its way...
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Building a Kayak from Driftwood and Scraps: A Photo Documentary
It’s no secret that I love power tools. Like any fine instrument a quality power tool is an extension of the mind of the sculptor. For me, sliding a carbide steel miter saw blade down a perfect pencil line evokes deep satisfaction. My work is clean, probably as clean as it will ever get....
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